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title: "Beech erineum mite"
description: "Acalitus ferrugineum — Insetti e ragni. Acalitus ferrugineum is a species of eriophyid mite."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/beech-erineum-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beech erineum mite

> Acalitus ferrugineum — Insetti e ragni. Acalitus ferrugineum is a species of eriophyid mite.

- Scientific name: *Acalitus ferrugineum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5076
- Wikidata: [Q49631814](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49631814)
- iNaturalist taxon: [496170](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496170)

## Names

- en: Beech erineum mite

## Countries with the most observations

US (2051), CA (299)

## Summary

Acalitus ferrugineum is a species of eriophyid mite. This microscopic organism induces erineum galls on the leaves of American beech, and is known from the United States and Canada.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acalitus_ferrugineum

## Photo

![Beech erineum mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/beech-erineum-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Mulqueen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265470139

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/beech-erineum-mite?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).